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On Sunday, the second Hoptrans 3×3 tournament ended at Klaipeda Castle.
In the final, the same teams faced each other as last year: basketball players from Utena’s Uniclub Casino and Šakiai’s Vytis-Gulbelė, who defended the title.
This time, the representatives of Šakiai were stronger: in the clash of the strongest Lithuanian teams, they celebrated the victory. 22:14.
The winning leader Šarūnas Vingelis was recognized as the most useful player of the tournament. This is the second Hoptrans 3×3 champion title for Darius Tarvydas. Last summer he triumphed in the tournament wearing the Utena team jersey.
Both final teams received tickets to the FIBA Masters Series tournament. Šakiškiai also received 12 thousand. dollars, in Utena – 8 thousand.
Third, the remaining team from Amsterdam will compete in the FIBA Challenger series, receiving 3,000. Dollars. Kėdainiai Optibet basketball players, who received a thousand dollars, ranked fourth.
On Sunday, the final stage playoffs of the Hoptrans 3×3 began with a showdown between the Forks and Russia North, in which the Lithuanians proved stronger. In the following quarterfinals, the people of Kėdainiai defeated the team of Lausanne (Switzerland). “Tauras” from the Kaunas district landed on the people of Utena, and the basketball players from Amsterdam got along with “Sūduva” from Marijampolė.
In the first semifinal, Vytis-Gulbelė eliminated Optibet, and in the second, Uniclub Casino left no hope for the guests from the Netherlands.
In the group stage competition held on Saturday, the Lithuanian U21 team, the Ubo city team (Serbia), the VMU basketball players and the Klaipėda team were eliminated from the following fights.
The Hoptrans tournament series marathon ended on Sunday with the final siren. Since the beginning of July, the Hoptrans Arena, located in Klaipėda Castle, has hosted not only a tournament of the same name, but also three stages of the FIBA 3×3 U23 Nations League and one stage of the Women’s World Series.
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